A whistleblower lawsuit that claimed Pittsburgh Mayor Tom Murphy and four others retaliated against the controller of the city's Water and Sewer Authority has settled for $20,000. Gerald O'Brien was fired from his $61,000-a-year job when he cooperated with a federal investigation into allegations of bid-rigging. Relations between O'Brien and Murphy became strained when O'Brien and the former Water and Sewer Authority director confronted Murphy with their suspicions.
November 16, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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A whistleblower lawsuit that claimed Pittsburgh Mayor Tom Murphy and four others retaliated against the controller of the city’s Water and Sewer Authority has settled for $20,000.
Gerald O’Brien, who now works in the Allegheny County manager’s office, was fired March 29, 1996, from his $61,000-a-year job when he cooperated with a federal investigation into allegations of bid-rigging.
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